MEMORIALS
S. Lane Faison Jr. *32
S. Lane Faison Jr., an art historian who was an inspiring professor at Williams College from 1936 to 1976, died Nov. 11, 2006. He was…
George Matthews Modlin *32
George M. Modlin, distinguished educator, retired fourth president and chancellor emeritus of the U. of Richmond, died Oct. 4, 1998, at his Richmond, Va., home…
Clarence T. Daub ’31 *32
Clarence T. Daub died May 30, 1997, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. Ted, as his classmates knew him, was born in Mercersburg, Pa…
Walter Lyle Gordon ’30 *32
Walter died in Oregon on Apr. 4, 1997. He was 89. Born in Buffalo, he prepared at Masten Park H.S. At Princeton he majored in…
Joseph Edwin Blanton ’29 *32
Joe died Apr. 9, 1995, in Albany, Tex. He prepared at Central H.S. in Washington, D.C., and transferred to Princeton from George Washington Univ. in…
Frank Scott Cooper Jr. ’31 *32
Frank S. Cooper Jr. died Oct. 20, 1995, at Stamford (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Roanoke, he graduated from Roanoke H.S. and Mercersburg. At Princeton he…
William L. Ruigh ’27 *32
DR. WILLIAM RUIGH DIED Mar. 20, 1994, at the Princeton Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, after a long illness. Born in Tokyo of missionary parents…
Charles Theodore Tench *32
CHARLES TENCH, retired army colonel and Princeton civil engineer, died July 24, 1989. We regret the delay in publication of this tribute to a distinguished…
Marshall Cathcart Harrington ’26 *32
MARSH HARRINGTON, well-known physicist, died Oct. 14, 1992, at Prince George's Hospital Center (Md.), following a coronary attack. Marsh was brought up in a Princeton…
Frederick George Frost ’30 *32
FRED FROST died suddenly Oct. 6, 1991. He was one of our most loyal members, having served as treasurer and acting as second V.P. at…
Rudolf Kirk ’22 *32
RUDOLF KIRK died of heart failure in San Marcos, Tex., Nov. 7, 1989, at age 91. Rudolf prepared for Princeton at Sidwell Friends School in…
Earl R. Rolph *32
EARL R. ROLPH *32, former chairman of the Dept of Economics at the U.C.Berkeley, died at his home Oct. 25, 1988. Born in Milwaukee, Wisc…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
Remembering Victor Brombert
“Brombert was very concerned that I talk about his love of teaching. He said, ‘My love isn’t war, it’s teaching and I hope you’ll find a place to mention that,’…
Remembering Karl Hummel ’67
“What’s unique about Karl is he represented all these great, broad, national economic and management and philosophy trends. He touched on every one of them. I don’t know many other…
Remembering Isabella De La Houssaye ’86
‘We had a rule. You can’t compare yourself to Isabella because fool’s errand. But whatever race you were on, you always could push yourself further thinking of her and thinking…
Remembering Ernie T. Pascarella ’65
‘Just so that everybody knows, this was one outstanding guy in every way,’ said Cosmo Iacavazzi ’65
Remembering Joe Schein ’37
Joe Schein ’37 the oldest living alum in Princeton's history at the time of his death. He carried the 1923 Silver Cane eight times at the P-rade during Reunions.
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